SECOND QUARTER 2019 Quarterly News Bulletin and Hike Schedule P.O. Box 68, Asheville, NC 28802 • www.carolinamountainclub.org • e-mail: [email protected] TRAIL MAINTENANCE HIKE SCHEDULE experiences. Hikes are open to CMC members as All members are encouraged to participate well as newcomers. Call the leader before the in trail maintenance activities. Non-members Second Quarter 2019 hike. YPC hikes submitted by Jan Onan, 828-606- are invited to try it a few times before deciding 5188, [email protected] and Kay Shurtleff, if they want to join the Club and be a regular Hike Ratings 828-280-3226 or 828-749-9230, kshurtleff@msn. part of a crew. We train and provide tools. First Letter Second Letter com. Driving distance is round trip from meeting Below is a general schedule of work days. Distance Elevation Gain place. Exact plans often are not made until the last AA: Over 12 miles AA: Over 2,000 ft. minute, so contact crew leaders for details. A: 9.1-12 miles A: 1,501-2,000 ft. Saturday No. Y1902-912 May 4 Crews marked with an * are currently seeking B: 6.1-9 miles B: 1,001-1,500 ft. YPC - Rattlesnake Lodge 10:00 AM new members. MST and AT section maintain- C: Up to 6 miles C: 1,000 ft. or less Hike 3.0, Drive 15, 600 ft. ascent, Rated C-C ers work on their own schedule. If it’s not possible to go on the regularly sched- Judy Magura, 828-606-1490, uled hike, it may be possible to accompany the [email protected] and Jim Magura, Burnsville Monday Crew leader when the hike is scouted. C the hike leader. 828-606-3989, [email protected] John Whitehouse, [email protected] Hike cancellations are announced on the CMC Only Meeting Place: back parking lot of Folk Art Waynesville West Crew * website in the Breaking News box. Hike Leaders Center. The hike will start at the Bull Gap trail- Larry Sobil, [email protected] will announce a cancellation or significant change head. We will first stop to take a look at the split Thursday Crew * at least a few hours before the hike. Hikers that do rail fencing installed by CMC maintenance crew. Hugh Hensleigh, [email protected] not have internet access or live hours away from This is a perfect example of Leave No Trace. We Sam Clarke, [email protected] the meeting place: call the hike leader to ensure will continue on up the MST to the Rattlesnake Asheville Friday crew * that you are informed about hike changes. See Lodge site, pointing out the remains of the stables, David Galentine, [email protected] the Hike Schedule on the CMC website for more pool and other features. We will stop for a lunch Paul Curtin, [email protected] complete and timely information, including scout break at the lodge site. After lunch we will con- reports, at www.carolinamountainclub.org. Chris Werbylo, [email protected] tinue on the MST to view a few more remains. The Pisgah Friday Crew * site of the old spring is a great photo spot. Ed Paukovits, [email protected] CHALLENGE PROGRAMS Wilderness Crew * SB6K For hiking all 40 peaks above 6000’. Saturday No. Y1902-318 June 15 Mike Goodman, [email protected] Contact Peter Barr, [email protected] East Fork of Pigeon River 10:00 AM Quarterly Saturday Crew * P400 For hiking every trail in Pisgah Ranger Hike 3.0, 300 ft. ascent, Rated C-C, P400 Les Love, [email protected] District. Contact Kathy McAuley, kathymcau- Jan Onan, 828-698-3237, cell: 828-606-5188, AT Maintainers [email protected] [email protected] Paul Curtin, 900M For hiking every trail in GSMNP. Contact Only Meeting Place: Cold Mountain Overlook at [email protected] Steve Pierce, [email protected] MM 412 of BRP. Wilderness hike, limited to ten MST Maintainers LTC For hiking all 24 lookout towers in WNC. hikers, contact leader for reservation. This in-and- Heintooga Road to Old Bald Contact Peter Barr, [email protected] out hike starts at the Big East Fork parking lot and Larry Sobil, [email protected] WC100 For hiking to the 100 best waterfalls goes towards the headwaters of the Pigeon River. Old Bald to Mt. Pisgah Parking Lot in the mountains of WNC, SC and the Smokies. The river is crystal clear and we will have opportu- Pete Petersen, [email protected] Contact Jack Fitzgerald, 828-685-2897, suejack- nities to go down to the river and play at one of the Mt. Pisgah Parking Lot to Folk Art Center [email protected] swimming holes – bring water shoes if interested. Les Love, [email protected] A.T.-MST For hiking the combined 228 miles Bring water, snack and a lunch. Folk Art Center to Black Mtn. Campground of the A.T. and the MST on sections maintained by Topo(s): Shining Rock John Whitehouse, [email protected] the Club. Contact Chris Koebelin, chriskoebelin@ yahoo.com SATURDAY WORKDAYS YPC For hiking eight different Land ALL-DAY WEDNESDAY Management areas with youth 17 and under. The Quarterly Saturday Trail Contact Kay Shurtleff at [email protected] HIKES Maintenance Workdays in 2019 will be Wednesday hikes submitted by Brenda Worley, April 13, June 1, Aug. 17 and Oct. 12. 828-684-8656, [email protected]. Driving distance is round-trip from Asheville. Hikes We meet at 8:30 and return to Asheville YOUTH PARTNER assemble at the location described for that hike. by 3:00. Contact Les Love for details and CHALLENGE HIKES Some hikes will have second meeting places as where to meet. The Youth Partnership Challenge is designed to described in the schedule; start times vary. Times [email protected] | 828-658-1489 introduce youth to fun and educational hiking listed are departure times – arrive early. 1 Wednesday No. W1902-596 April 3 the Asheville Camino del Norte, a 10-mile easy Oak Branch, Forney Creek, and Goldmine Laurel Fork Gap to Lake Jocassee 8:00 AM walk on sidewalks and trails. See North Asheville, Trails. Learn the history of the infamous Road to Hike 10.8, Drive 93, 1400 ft. ascent, Rated A-B UNC-A, the Botanical Gardens and the Basilica Nowhere, settlement and logging along Forney Laura Frisbie, 828-337-5845, of St. Lawrence. Have a café con leche at the his- Creek and the development of Lake Fontana. [email protected] toric Grove Park Inn. The hike simulates a short We will visit some old home and farm sites and First Meeting Place: Asheville Outlet parking lot day on the Camino de Santiago, Spain. Wear good discuss the way of life of the pre-GSMNP inhabit- behind Waffle House off Exit 33 of I-26. sneakers or low boots. Bring water and snacks. ants, and may visit some cemeteries. Second Meeting Place: Pisgah Forest Bi-Lo at We’ll stop for morning coffee and lunch but feel Topo(s): Noland Creek 8:30 AM. free to bring all your own food. For more informa- We’ll hike the Foothills Trail in SC, from Laurel tion about the route, see www.ashevillecamino. Wednesday No. W1902-504 May 15 Fork Gap to Lake Jocassee. This in-and-out hike org/about.html. Topo(s): Asheville Lane Pinnacle from Bull Gap 8:00 AM along Laurel Fork Creek features a beautiful Hike 10.4, Drive 37, 2900 ft. ascent, Rated A-AA, stream, waterfalls, great bridges and a scenic Wednesday No. W1902-542 May 1 AT-MST lakeside lunch spot. Topo(s): Reid Wesser Creek - Wesser Bald 8:00 AM Jim Magura, 828-606-3989, [email protected] Hike 10.8, Drive 144, 2350 ft. ascent, Rated and Judy Magura, 828-606-1490, Wednesday No. W1902-752 April 10 A-AA, LTC [email protected] Little Cataloochee History Tour 8:00 AM Sallye Sanders, 208-550-2070, Only Meeting Place: back parking lot of Folk Hike 8.0, Drive 80, 1800 ft. ascent, Rated B-A, [email protected] Art Center. Strenuous - Hike on the MST from 900M First Meeting Place: Home Depot off Exit 44 Bull Gap, past the Rattlesnake Lodge site, Rich Mike Knies, 828-628-6712, [email protected] of I-40. Mountain, and up to good views from our lunch First Meeting Place: Home Depot off Exit 44 Second Meeting Place: Haywood County Rest stop at Lane Pinnacle. Return via same route. of I-40. Area, 19500 Great Smoky Mtn Expy (US 23/74), Topo(s): Craggy Pinnacle Second Meeting Place: Exxon station off Exit 20 Waynesville, NC at 8:30 AM - but contact leader of I-40 at 8:30 AM - but contact leader first. first. Wednesday No. W1902-170 May 15 On this hike we will learn about the history of the Strenuous - The excellent route starts at the end of Butter Gap Trail 9:00 AM mountain settlement of Little Cataloochee and the the Wesser Creek Road and climbs to the ridge on Hike 7.0, Drive 60, 1086 ft. ascent, Rated B-B, people who lived there. We will be visiting the the old location of the Appalachian Trail. This is P400 community of Ola and investigating old home, a beautiful forest environment along a mountain Stuart English, 828-384-4870, mill, and school sites as well as farms, a church stream. On reaching the ridge, join the A.T. and [email protected] and a cemetery or two. We will be doing mostly continue south to the Wesser Bald Tower. This First Meeting Place: Asheville Outlet parking on-trail hiking with one easy short off-trail excur- is the old fire tower, the top half of which has lot behind Waffle House off Exit 33 of I-26.